Over the weekend, Rihanna kicked off her ‘Last Girl On Earth’ Australian tour in Brisbane. The singer also debuted some never before seen outfits which you can check out after the jump. Shining beams, a lively rock band, and flickering stage screens were some of the fascinations that plagued the Entertainment Centre.

Some people question Rihanna’s ability as a performer. Sure, we get it. She’s no Janet Jackson but she kind of makes up for it with her amazing sets, live singing and sexy outfits. Obviously, people enjoy what she has to offer because at present, she has multiple sold out concerts. Being an artist in demand meant that she had to extend additional shows to her European ‘Loud’ tour. The set list included fan favourites such as ‘Umbrella’, ‘Rude Boy’, ‘S&M’, ‘What’s My Name’, ‘Take A Bow’ and much more. Proceed for photos and video footage.

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Pop heavyweight Lady Gaga premiered the highly anticipated music video for her global smash ‘Born This Way’ today. The philosophical science fiction visual was directed by Nick Knight and choreographed by Laurie Ann Gibson. The video, which looked like it took some of its themes from ‘Superman’ and ‘Star Wars’ sees Gaga attempting to push artistic boundaries yet again.

Unfortunately, some of the concept may have got lost with the heavy use of symbolic imagery. As a precautionary warning, you might want to hold off eating dinner if you’re very squirmish. Watching the birth of slimy heads is as weird and gross as it’s going to get with Gaga. The singer then puts much emphasis on a new race meeting its beginning before dancing around in not much but her underwear and rocking skeletal make-up.

Although the visual was somewhat twisted, you couldn’t help but take your eyes off the screen. The cinematography was pretty insane but personally, I feel she has peaked with ‘Bad Romance’ when it comes to highly engaging music videos. The ending does however deserve some props because she paid homage to both the Queen and King of Pop! Peep Michael‘s gloves and Madonna‘s tooth gap and much more after the jump!

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Lady Gaga is reportedly set to perform on the finale of American Idol. Her BFF Perez Hilton reports that “this is the earliest they’ve booked a performer in the show’s history”. It is believed she will perform her second single ‘Judas’.

The finale is set to take place on May 19th, four days before the release of her hotly anticipated new album ‘Born This Way’. Show bosses were obviously eager to snap up the seemingly eccentric star because she is the type of pop star they’d like to sign from the series. No pressure there then!

When Jessie J let the cat out of the bag that she wrote nine songs with Justin Timberlake, nobody knew what to think. Timberlake has been so jittery whenever a journalist would confront him for banishing his music roots. At times he’d get a little defensive, or hide behind a flourishing acting career.

In fact, many fans would soon accept him as just a ‘cameo’ type of artist which would see him feature on other people’s records only. That said, the ‘peep your head through the door’ approach to music looks set to cease. Our reaction? Finally!

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Willow Smith‘s ’21st Century Girl’, the follow-up to her smash hit ‘Whip My Hair’ debuted on radio today. The track is an uptempo dance-pop number soaked with spacey synths and rebellious lyrical content. Maybe it’s a little too mature for a child who still has a few years to go before hitting those dreaded teens.

How many 10-year-olds can actually say they can run riot without being restricted? I know that if anyone in my family tried to lay down the law at 10, we’d get a slap in the mouth. ’21st Century Girl’ has all the elements for radio to jump all over it. Plus, having that Hollywood-savvy last name branded by her parents, also works in her favour. However, ’21st Century Girl’ really lacks the fun age-appropriate value that made ‘Whip My Hair’ suitable for her generation. Give the track a listen below.

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The unstoppable Adele has held onto her historic UK chart double last night with her single and album staying at number one. The emotionally charged ballad ‘Someone Like You’ soared to the top spot last week in the wake of Adele’s acclaimed Brit Awards performance.

On Sunday she retained the number one slot in the albums chart for a fifth week with her second album, ’21′. The singer-songwriter last week became the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously. The last act to achieve this was The Beatles. Once again, Adele never ceases to amaze us!

R&B star Chris Brown and his dog look away to the left, as the 21-year-old continues to parade around his blonde new look.

Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am has worked with Britney Spears on her upcoming new album ‘Femme Fatale’ (out on March 29th). The producer promised anticipated fans on twitter this weekend that he’d do whatever he could to deliver a snippet of the track which is titled ‘The Big Fat Bass’. The underwhelming track title is an uptempo electropop club cut, set to shake up the dancefloor. “The bass is an important element to club dance music. This song celebrates bass” he said about the song’s concept.

Will.i.am’s autotuned vocals are really messy and the song reaks of Black Eyed Peas. This could easily have been a Fergie track. The song starts off with a riveting piano before Britney takes over. The production then catapults into one massive high treble beat. At least the other snippets had Britney’s touch as she made sure to revisit the sounds from her previous back catalogue. Give the snippet a listen below.

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Two of your favourite pop starlets will be gracing the glossy pages when they unveil brand new photoshoots in the coming weeks. Britney Spears will also be covering the March issue of V magazine. Derek Blasbery, the senior editor for V confirmed the news by revealing: “The cat is out of the bag! Britney Spears’s top secret photo shoot with Mario Testino was ours! V magazine’s March issue is going to be EPIC”. I’m sure it will be, although the odd twitter interaction, several leaked snippets and a magazine photoshoot still does not qualify as real promo.

Although this was reported a few weeks ago, Rihanna confirmed her photoshoot with Annie Leibovitz for the american Vogue this weekend. The prestigious photoshoot will be featured in April’s issue, whilst the magazine itself should be out in mid March according to the singer.

Willow Smith has chosen The Oprah Winfrey Show to debut a televised performance of her second new single ’21st Century Girl’. The sassy 10-year-old will co-host with Oprah on the finale of ‘Oprah’s All-Time Smartest Most Talented Kids’.

’21st Century Girl’ will recieve its first play tomorrow at 10:30am courtesy of ‘On-Air with Ryan Seacrest’ before it hits itunes on Tuesday. On the same day, she will perform the track on Oprah, and we’re sure it will be absolutely swagger packed!